Patrick Ernst Hermann Sensburg (born 25 June 1971) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a professor at the University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia in Cologne.

[6] From 2009 to 2012, he was a lecturer in European Law at the Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration (RISEBA).

[15] Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Sensburg failed to secure his party's support for a new candidacy; instead, he was replaced by Friedrich Merz.

[17] Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, he publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.

[19] As chairman of the NSA inquiry committee, Sensburg presented on 28 June 2017 the final report to President of the Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, with more than 1,800 pages, saying: "There was a lot of consensus, but also different views in the evaluation".

Sensburg pointed out that Edward Snowden has encouraged public debate in Germany on the discussion of how to handle with data protection of privacy.

[23] In March 2020, Sensburg stressed that the reserve "rifle at heel" was in place when many reservists volunteered to help and support during the COVID 19 pandemic.